SmartBug Media

MARCH 19, 2021

If you’re an inbound marketer in the B2B space, you understand how much time and energy goes into planning and executing your marketing campaigns. The challenge, though, is sifting through all the amazing resources out there to find the ones that will make the biggest impact. Resources for Inbound and Content Marketing Best Practices.

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Hinge Marketing

JUNE 14, 2021

It perfectly aligns with B2B buyers’ behavior patterns. . In short, it helps establish you as a thought leader in your space. The first is in content marketing or thought leadership marketing programs. White Papers/Executive Guides . Let’s see if we can fix some of those shortfalls.

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Only B2B

MARCH 13, 2024

It’s the best-promoted content that wins.” Must Read: B2B Content Syndication Strategies The Challenge: Where’s the ROI? Many B2B marketers struggle to connect their content strategy to concrete results. Expanding Your Reach: The Power of Syndication Imagine your website as a shop filled with valuable B2B content.

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ROI Marketing Budget Creation B2B Thought Leadership B2B 71

ClearVoice

MAY 10, 2024

It’s the heartbeat of your brand, enhancing every department from human resources to product development. 95% of B2B buying decisions are directly influenced by content. Content transcends marketing. A well-crafted content strategy isn’t just about campaigns and conversions.

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Enterprise Management Cost per Lead Sales Qualified Leads Content 52

Thinkers360

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In the ever-evolving B2B landscape, cultivating strong relationships with industry analysts and thought leaders (B2B influencers) is crucial for establishing brand awareness, achieving thought leadership status, and ultimately driving sales growth. The two are related, but distinct marketing disciplines.

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Trade Press Services

MARCH 4, 2024

Three Types of Content for the B2B Buyer’s Journey There’s no question that different types of content serve different purposes for organizations and their diverse audiences. B2B evergreen content focuses on valuable expertise that’s built to last. This is a key attribute of any thought leader.

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ClearVoice

JANUARY 26, 2024

For example: Company A spends a tremendous amount of resources running Google pay-per-click campaigns to drive in potential new customers. Quality content engages readers by providing valuable information, establishing your brand as a trusted resource. Can you immediately tie those into the core metrics of the business?

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Content Standard

JUNE 27, 2023

Yet, webinars and white papers from professional organizations and mainstay publications are no longer enough to support healthcare organizations and providers in their search for solutions. The need for next-gen healthcare solutions is greater than ever.

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Work Management Marketing Management Differentiation Education 88

Onalytica B2B

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Back in August, we published a pretty awesome white paper: The Definitive Practical Guide to Influencer Relationship Management. Assess competitor strategies, your brand strength & quality and level of internal resource to decide your program strategy. Assess the market opportunity. Think hybrid second.

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NuSpark Consulting

AUGUST 23, 2018

While the marketing gurus tell you content is a must-have gizmo in the B2B marketer’s tool belt, sometimes the return on investment (ROI) feels a little squishy. Goals for this tactic range from building a reputation for thought leadership to increasing traffic through search engine optimization. White Papers and E-Books.

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Exo B2B

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

It requires deep thought, meticulous analysis and the ability to project your business into the future. In the world of B2B marketing, every decision must be carefully calculated. Here’s an overview of the key stages we focus on: 1- B2B strategic marketing analysis Before you can chart a course, you need to know where you are.

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Launch Marketing

MAY 31, 2023

Consequently, B2B marketers continue to leverage the power of thought leadership content to build connections and drive leads. How to Create B2B Thought Leadership Content That Stands Out In the competitive landscape of B2B marketing, thought leadership content has become ubiquitous.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Email marketing is a form of direct marketing that uses messages to promote products or services, send thought leadership pieces, or connect with their audience in other ways. A thoughtful email marketing strategy provides customers with interesting and valuable information to make smarter purchasing decisions.

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Circle Studio

JUNE 23, 2022

B2B firms are investing a great deal of time and resources on content marketing to attract and engage prospects and leads. In fact, 70% of B2B marketers plan to create even more content in 2017. Promote, promote, promote. The truth is, even the best content still needs to be marketed and promoted.

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Brightedge

APRIL 12, 2021

Through thought leadership. But there are those B2B companies that see plenty of interaction on Twitter. Commercials and excessive numbers of self-promotional articles are not going to be well-received. Cultivate brand awareness through thought leadership. Through social media.

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Hinge Marketing

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Marketers know that they have to tolerate this dilemma because content development is proven to generate awareness, thought leadership , leads, engagement, and sales opportunities. Download Research as Content: A Guide for B2B Marketers. It enables you to be seen as a subject matter expert or thought leader by association.

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Hinge Marketing

MARCH 6, 2023

Thought leadership is one of those inherently appealing ideas. Who doesn’t want to be a thought leader? And for many B2B and professional services firms this makes a lot of sense. Thought leadership can provide the credibility and visibility for your offering.

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B2B Thought Leadership Thought Leadership Paid Content Advertising Agencies 133

Contently

APRIL 23, 2020

These events had a ton of sign-ups, but in the course of promoting them, we ended up sending too many emails to people who were already signed up for our weekly newsletters. You’ve talked about white papers at the beginning and the “level” at which they should be written—does that apply to brands across the board?

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Content B2B Thought Leadership Storytelling Newsletter 217

SocialPilot

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Author of 3 books on white paper writing and growth hacks for businesses Why should you follow him? Janet is all about promoting thought leadership and will encourage you to take rewarding actions. She will enrich you with helpful Twitter tricks and resources to grow your brand on the platform.

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Onalytica B2B

MAY 3, 2018

In order to forecast the success that a brand can expect to achieve from their influencer program, we must first have an understanding of the following variables: How much investment you can put into your program (time and resources; software costs ; compensation for influencers). How relevant the influencers are to your brand.

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Work Management Budget Programs Enterprise Management Marketing Budget 242

Content Marketing Institute

JULY 9, 2018

Many brands recognize the critical need for strategic thought leadership content to sit alongside product- and purpose-oriented messaging – content that establishes the brand as an authority in a specialized field or a line of business and deeply engages decision-makers. What’s lacking today is not the thought, it’s the leadership.

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Launch Marketing

OCTOBER 24, 2018

The following post is an excerpt taken from the B2B Marketing for Executives: A Deep Dive on the Big Rocks First white paper that dives into the key foundational pieces (i.e. the ‘Big Rocks’) of B2B Marketing including marketing strategy, messaging, lead generation and more! Let’s get into it!

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Marketing Craftmanship

JANUARY 5, 2020

Are those connections — perhaps reflected thought a Board of Advisors — respected, credible and trustworthy? Thought Leadership: Are efforts made to share / promote your firm’s intellectual capital in a helpful manner that’s not directly self-serving? Are white papers just poorly disguised sales collateral?).

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ClearVoice

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Rather than sharing blog posts and white papers packed with readily available research and statistics, what if the content you’re assigned next is built upon ideas. Yes, I’m talking about original thoughts that could only come from the writer (or executive you’re ghosting for) making that content truly one-of-a-kind?

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Madison Logic

AUGUST 31, 2023

Multiple decision-makers on a purchasing team do their own online solution research when buying a complex B2B solution. Gartner research suggests sales reps only have 5% of a buyer’s time during their B2B buying journey, so it’s up to marketers to arm buying groups with all the information needed to make an informed decision.

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Content4Demand

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

B2B marketers have worked tirelessly over the past year to find new, exciting ways to engage with their audiences. It also allows us to get more promotional reach for our influencers and experts who are gracious enough to take time to be on the show. It’s no surprise, then, that podcasts sprung to the top of marketers’ to-do lists.

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B2B Thought Leadership Multi-Channel Bundling Thought Leadership 59

Tiecas

MAY 1, 2024

B2B thought leadership marketing is not clearly understood by most small to mid-sized manufacturers I talk to regularly. Table of Contents The 95-5 Rule: Guidance for Industrial Sales What is B2B Thought Leadership? What is B2B Thought Leadership? Don’t be so quick to dismiss this idea.

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The Marketing Blender

APRIL 5, 2022

The Basics of B2B Digital Marketing. B2B digital marketing is essential for any business-to-business company (B2B) looking to promote its products and services. What Is B2B Digital Marketing? B2B Vs. B2C Digital Marketing: How Do They Differ? How Does Digital Marketing Work for a B2B Company?

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NuSpark Consulting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Despite the challenge, your sales and leadership team continually ask you to produce qualified leads. Naturally, you wonder, “How can I break through the protective barriers around CIOs to promote our solution?”. Here’s some food for thought. Resources : [i] Andrew Meola. The Empathetic Entrée. Here’s why. 5/26/2016. [ii]

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BOP Design

AUGUST 16, 2018

B2B content marketing: who does it, what are they doing, how are they getting the word out, and who is helping them? These are the questions we wanted to get answers to in our latest survey to B2B marketers in a variety of industries. We wanted a high-level view of whether B2B companies are doing content marketing.

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KoMarketing Associates

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Act-On Software reports that the majority of event attendees say going to live events is good for business goals and helps establish thought leadership. Below are some of the areas where live events and digital marketing can work together to create a cohesive presence for B2B brands. Bring Conversation to Another Medium.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

E-newsletters, blogs and white papers are among the most popular types of content. 7 “Rs&# for B2B Marketing Content Planning by Customer Think. How Much B2B Content is Enough? by Savvy B2B Marketing. How to Take Advantage of the New B2B Buying Behavior by Fast Company.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 20, 2009

The next interview in the B2B Marketing thought leader interview series is with John Watton, VP Marketing at ShipServ , the leading e-marketplace for maritime shipping (and also a Marketo customer). But as boring as it sounds, I went back to basic marketing principles and thought seriously about where our audience 'hangs out'.

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B2B Thought Leadership Thought Leadership B2B Marketing Enterprise Management 48

nDash

DECEMBER 14, 2020

My job as a B2B SaaS & enterprise software content strategist is to wrangle brands into champions in the eyes of their audience—and my approach has worked. I’ve written various types of content including blog posts, white papers, articles, case studies, eBooks, and website copy. Rachel Burger . “I I love good stories.

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Marketing Budget Budget Programs Enterprise Management Marketing Budget Creation 52

Ambal's Amusings

JANUARY 31, 2011

I have invited our Panel of White Paper Experts to reflect on 2009 and answer the following question: What was your aha moment in 2009 ? Jonathan Kantor is the principal and founder of The Appum Group, " The White Paper Company ", and has been producing commercial white papers for the past 11 years.

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Navigate the Channel

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

B2B lead nurturing is the process of building strong relationships with your current or potential customers. When using a customer or lead nurturing strategy, you’ll want to focus on the long-haul by continuing to nurture the B2B relationship well past its development. For more on building B2B personas, see our blog post.).

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AIDA Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 65

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 26, 2015

We often get asked by our customers to help them create content that is more promotional, or that has a direct product tie-in. ” Stop promoting products in your content marketing for these reasons: Content marketing must help the buyer. Then promote your brand and product “on the edges.” Don’t Believe Me?

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